CasaTunes Multi-Room Music System Overview

The CasaTunes multi-room music system includes the CasaTunes music server and one or more CasaTunes 6X6 matrix amplifiers.

The CasaTunes music server is the heart and brain of your multi-room music system, supplying four independent High Definition audio streams (or 2 for the CT2-6Z) to the CasaTunes 6X6 matrix amplifier. Each stream, or streamer, acts as a stand-alone music player. You select the music to play on each player, and which player to listen to in each room. You can listen to the same music in all rooms, or any combination of rooms.

The CasaTunes 6X6 matrix amplifier operates as a switch, switching any of six input sources to any combination of rooms, and as an amplifier, powering the speakers in each room.

Scalable solution

Flexible power

Each CasaTunes 6X6 matrix amplifier can supply 6 rooms with 50W of power when connected to 8 ohm speakers. You can boost the power in a room to 100W by bridging amplifier outputs

Alternate Power Amplifier

The CasaTunes 6X6 matrix amplifier includes a pre-amplified line level output and a 12V trigger for each room, ideal for integrating an AV Receiver, or secondary power amplifier, to power the speakers in a room or large area.

Input sources

Four of the six input sources on the matrix amplifier are reserved for use by the CasaTunes music server streams. The two remaining, unused input sources (either 2 analog, or 1 analog and 1 digital input), can be used to connect to other music equipment, such as a TV, set top box, Google cast device, etc. (CT2-6Z provides 2 CasaTunes music server streams)

Rack mountable

music

Music Services

CasaTunes supports SHOUTcast® and TuneIn® radio, with over 100,000 free radio stations to choose from, as well as various popular premium music services including Calm Radio, Deezer®, Spotify®, TIDAL®, and more

Apple AirPlay

Every room is automatically configured as an AirPlay speaker. Stream any music App, on one or more iPhone, iPad and iPod touch devices, to any room

Networked music

CasaTunes can play your music stored on uPnP/DLNA media servers, such as a Network Attached Storage devices, Plex, or Twonky

Music compatibility

features

Room groups

Room groups simplify managing your music in multiple rooms. When you turn on a room group, it powers on all the rooms that are part of the room group, sets the source for each room, and adjusts the volume for each room appropriately. Use room groups to implement Party Mode and Scenes

Wake up and sleep to music

With CasaTunes you can create any number of wake up alarms. Wake up to your favorite playlist in a specific room at a specific time on certain days of the week, ramping up the volume gradually when you wake, and automatically shutting off the music at a later time. Similarly, you can schedule CasaTunes to turn off the music in a room allowing you to gently fall asleep listening to your bed time music.

Control where the music plays

With CasaTunes it is easy to MOVE music from one room to another, SHARE music playing in one room with other rooms, or JOIN a room and listen to the music playing in another room

Playlists

Creating CasaTunes playlists is as simple as saving the current songs in the queue. Your playlist can contain music from one or more music services

AV Receiver Integration

With CasaTunes, it is now easier than ever, to seamlessly integrate AV Receivers, including popular receivers from Denon, Harman Kardon, Integra, Marantz, NAD, Onkyo, Pioneer, Sony and Yamaha, into your whole house music system

Call to prayers

control

All CasaTunes music systems can be controlled using various different control options, including using the CasaTunes smartphone and tablet Apps, using your voice with Amazon Alexa enabled devices, and using various keypads, including our CasaTunes keypads and various other 3rd party control devices

Android and iOS Apps

The native CasaTunes Apps have been specifically designed for both Android and iOS smart phones and tablets

Voice Control

Control CasaTunes using your voice. Voice control requires an Alexa enabled product, such as the Amazon Echo and Echo Dot . You can use a single device to control your whole house, or you can use a device to control each room

integration

Out-of-the-box integration

CasaTunes provides out-of-the-box integration for various popular control systems, including Control4, Compass Control, HDL, Lutron, RTI, URC and others

Music server control options

CasaTunes provides various options for controlling CasaTunes, including; the CasaTunes Serial API, Serial-over-IP API, and a robust RESTful API. The REST based API is used to develop the CasaTunes Android and iOS Apps

App integration

The CasaTunes Apps provide simple 3rd party control and automation via a robust URL scheme

built-in support tools

Updates

CasaTunes offers free updates. You can select to manually or automatically install updates

Remote access

You can add remote access tools to remotely manage your customer's CasaTunes music server, often avoiding the expense and time it takes to travel to, and from, your customers home

Built-in diagnostics and notifications

CasaTunes will automatically attempt to recover from any failures, and notify you when it detects an issue. This allows dealers to pro-actively manage their customer sites

Administrator tasks

CasaTunes separates Administrator tasks from End User tasks, minimizing the possibility of customers Inadvertently changing their configuration. CasaTunes provides a separate browser based CasaSetup administration tool for configuring a customer's music server, and allows you to password protect access to settings in the CasaTunes Apps